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Christopher Getty

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Christopher Getty

Birth
Russia
Death
23 Sep 1904 (aged 65)
Burial
Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Christopher Getty married Barbara Roth in Ssemenowka (pronounced "Simnufka," Russia). They were Volga Germans, and the Getty's founded the village. According to the 1798 census of the village, the name was originally spelled Gette or Goette.

Chris and Barbara arrived in New York City, July 15, 1876, and he declared for citizenship in 1877. Chris was born in 1838 and died in 1905. He was accidentally shot by a night watchman. After his death, Barbara married Andrew Goetz and moved to Hays, Kansas, where she died in 1924.

Chris is listed on the AT & SF payroll in 1878. His family lived in St. Marys in the 1880 census. They moved to Kaw Township, Jefferson County, Kansas, according to the 1900 census. The census said they had 13 children of which 9 were living.

Chris and Barbara were parents of these known children:
Kaspar Getty
Eleanor Hrenchir
Mary Hawkins
Margaret Spetter
Anna Raynor
Rosa Polneck-Ebendorf
Frances Hill-Olson
Joseph Getty

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Christopher Getty married Barbara Roth in Ssemenowka (pronounced "Simnufka," Russia). They were Volga Germans, and the Getty's founded the village. According to the 1798 census of the village, the name was originally spelled Gette or Goette.

Chris and Barbara arrived in New York City, July 15, 1876, and he declared for citizenship in 1877. Chris was born in 1838 and died in 1905. He was accidentally shot by a night watchman. After his death, Barbara married Andrew Goetz and moved to Hays, Kansas, where she died in 1924.

Chris is listed on the AT & SF payroll in 1878. His family lived in St. Marys in the 1880 census. They moved to Kaw Township, Jefferson County, Kansas, according to the 1900 census. The census said they had 13 children of which 9 were living.

Chris and Barbara were parents of these known children:
Kaspar Getty
Eleanor Hrenchir
Mary Hawkins
Margaret Spetter
Anna Raynor
Rosa Polneck-Ebendorf
Frances Hill-Olson
Joseph Getty

Provided by JH


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